The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-01-08
ADJUSTMENTS.

LEWIS MoRR1soN-After week passed
amid the snow and mud OF the U. z.
DEMONSTRATING the cramped and oil
smelling boards of such temples OF the
drama as Rawlins, Evanston, etc., can
boast-it must have been a CHEEKY seu-
satiop that entered the bosom of Mr..
Morrison as he looked out upon his
audience last evening. with TINS actor
il is as much of a certainty that Salt
Lake will rally at the sign of mis- three
sheet banners on the outer walls, as 1t
il that the curtain will ASCEND
after the second bell. Last night
there was the old fealty and the old
marshalling of the claus-orchestr9,
dress circle and galleries alike being
filed with an audience which gave the
star a rousing reception as he shot up
from Hades through the stage car
nenter's trap at Faust's summons.
Mr.. Morrison brings new and
original kind of devil 10 the stage in his
Mephistopheles; though The character,
like the play, follows quite closely the
version We have been so accustl med to
see in the opera-here it is elaborated,
ana Ulduc HultO lhC SCub1 al W
the exclusion of both Faust and Mar
ruerite. Morrison gives US the kind OF
Old Nick we are accustomed to rad
about in goblin lore rather than the
majestic Lucifer that Milton depicts,
and the cunning, humorous, malignant
aud triumphant veins which are blended
in the story make up the character VI
an ideal Satan better than we remember
to have seen it in any version. The
element of grandeur was not lacking Ia
the scene Oh the BrOecken-Whlchc came
up i'll every respect to the glowing
description furnished yestel days HER
ALD-but the best part of the Mephlsto
was the knocking laugh which
brought down two or three curtains,
and secured for the actor a call before
the curtain. The laughing devil
could not have been better portrayed.
Several of MoTlson's creations IN the
past have always stood out prominently
| in the recollection OF Salt Lakers, among
those being his MercutiC, and his other
delineations in Deception and Dlplom :
acy; his Iago, and his villain In victor
Durand have brought him more lame
elsewhere, but none of these. we believe
will outrank his Mephistophele:. MISS
| Alsberg shows decided improvement
since she was here last, and she was
called before the curtain with MIR. Hos
mer, the Faust, who also dl some cree
itabie-if occasionally rantlng-work
Mr.. Brady's Valtentine-the part Tag
liapietra once so thrilled US in-won iol
him q recall, and the balan. OF thu
cast-though it had little to do
was up to the requirements. Carrie
| n IL f,aNl laol Of No n q
| though it could have been played les
broad with equally good effect. Th'
management of the large body OF super
was a creditable feature. The scenery
was gorgeous, every set being new, anC
one or two of the sets, notably that o
the demon and Faust, ON the BroeckeI
Heights, decidedly surpassed anything
of the kind ever put on our stage be
fore. The last act was marred some
what by the audience choking over thu
sulphurous fumes, and the laughte
caused by the spectacle of the angel
seen through the semi-transparen
prison, taking up their positions TO
the tableau.
Previous to the last act, Mr.. Morrison
announced the matinee of Faust thl
afternoon, and said in responHe to re
Quest by the management Not Guilt.
would be shelVed and Faust run again
this evening. He also took occasion t
thank the audience for its appreciation
aud said he hoped on his next Visi
here to appear with our local amateurs
OF whom he had heard a great deal
, statement which was received with ap
plause. He has the rights TO Steel
e Mackaye's Won at Last" and hope
/, to put it on during the spring with III
Home Dramatic Club.